Public Life
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The End of Natural Parenthood
Ten years ago, via judicial fiat, the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage for the entire nation. But…
Annunciation School and the Cost of Denying Reality
On the surface, Paul Kingsnorth, Iain McGilchrist, and Mattias Desmet might seem to have little in common.…
Politics After Literacy
In this episode, Mary Harrington joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about her recent…
Do Christians Even Care About the Ten Commandments Anymore?
Predictably, the recent proposed Texas and Louisiana laws that would require public school classrooms to display the…
The Therapeutic Subversion of Parental Rights
Is “mental health” the new cudgel by which the state subverts parental rights? Developments on both sides…
What Are We Fighting For?
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he…
Faith Before Technology
How should Christians, in light of their faith, think about the recent explosion in the application of…
The Rise and Fall of English Exceptionalism
The English have always thought highly of themselves. St. Bede the Venerable heralded the evangelization of the…
Erasing Christianity from American History
It is a historical fact that Christianity played a central role in the colonization of the New…
Armenia and Azerbaijan’s Uncertain Peace
This month at the White House, Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev shook…
Western Muslims for Public Christianity
In Europe, barely a week goes by without news of another public or private institution ridding itself…
Meeting the World to Convert the World
In a June post at the website Where Peter Is, author Steven Millies, having ritually denounced the…
Democracy Needs Religion—but Which?
German sociologist Hartmut Rosa characterizes modernity as the product of a triple acceleration. Technology speeds up movement…
Safety Third
"At State Football, Safety Is Our #1 Priority!” So declares a banner appended to a social media…
The Fight to Stop Euthanasia for Mental Illness
In 2010, twenty-one-year-old Andrew Lawton attempted suicide by swallowing a bottle’s worth of pills in a public…
